It has been a interesting week of reminders that there is a correlation between age and and things wearing out. My little red 1996 Nissan truck has been my faithful companion for 14 years and has not given me one bit of trouble. In the last few weeks I have invested in a new battery, 4 new tires, a broken steering wheel and the phantom horn blowing. The steering issue all started when I was turning hard to get out of a parking spot when something popped in the steering wheel. Shortly afterward, anytime I turned (right or left), the horn would blow. Initially I didn't think this would be a big deal but when people began to make obscene hand gestures at me on my drive to work, I took it to a mechanic to repair what I thought would be a simple repair. The estimate was around $1100 to replace the steering wheel and horn switch. I decided to have the mechanic disconnect the horn and let me think about it. I wonder if it is legal for me to drive in Tennessee without a horn? Today, my aging truck has a loud squeak in the engine so maybe there is another trip to the mechanic in my future. Our little dog Belle is really slowing down in the last few months. She is approaching 15 years old and is not the pup that she thinks she is. During my recent doctor's visit, I was told that I have high cholesterol, need to exercise and need to lose some weight but that I wasn't in bad shape for my age. Not sure what he meant by that but will take it as a complement...I guess. The bright side of life is I still have most of my hair, Becky looks 20 years young than me and I will retire in less than two years. This week we started to put the garden "asleep" for the winter by spreading hay in the areas that were no longer producing. This new system of gardening is great and we have been really blessed with a great yield this growing season. For the last three years we have thoroughly enjoyed our neighbors three miniature donkeys. Last month, they were moved since our neighbors have moved and put their home on the market. It is sad to look over to their pasture and not see the "girls" anymore. I have included some appropriate pictures for your viewing pleasure in yet another humble attempt at blogging.
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| My faithful but aging little red truck |
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| Former home of our 3 little donkey friends. We miss you. |
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| Garden starting to be put "asleep" for the winter |
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| Another view of our garden |
Matthew had a short in his horn and it would just blow out of the blue for no reason (including in the middle of the night). He ended up putting some sort of a piece of something between it where the piece there had worn out and so this buffered it so it wouldn't blow all the time!
ReplyDeleteGarden looks good (a little sad though). Time for another blog!